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TSUMUGU · TOCFL 6 (est.) · 字
脣 character · TOCFL 6 (est.)
脣 ＝ 肉 ＋ 辰
ㄔㄨㄣˊ · chún
noun — the lips

字源 FORM — what the parts do

肉義flesh — the body part, written as the 月 belowthe flesh radical, here in its full 肉 shape under 辰
辰聲chén — gives the sounda clam-shell hoe; here borrowed for its reading
ITchén → chún — the donor 辰's reading drifted in initial and tone
The flesh (肉) at the edge of the mouth — the lips. 辰 chén carries the sound, drifted to chún. 說文 reads it 口耑也, the rim of the mouth: 嘴脣、脣膏. The flesh sits below as 肉, not the moon it resembles.

故事 STORY — a scene to remember it by

一圈軟肉（肉）長在嘴的邊上，一張一合。
A rim of soft flesh (肉) edges the mouth, parting and closing.
字源記憶法
意 · Meanings
(本義)嘴脣— the lips常用
→脣膏— lip balm, lipstick — what goes on the lips
→脣亡齒寒— lips gone, teeth cold — the edge that shields what is behind it
(本義) original meaning · → ⇒ each arrow = one more step of extension
關 · Related
唇＝ 口 ＋ 辰chúnthe standardized variant — 唇 writes 口 (mouth) where 脣 writes 肉 (flesh); same word, same sound振＝ 扌 ＋ 辰zhènthe series-sibling on 辰 — 振 takes a hand 扌, to shake